As we introduce blogging into the course, we will start slow, and there will be time in class for workshopping and trouble-shooting. We'll need a little time to adjust to the way technology affects the classroom, but my intention is always to push the house-keeping and info-dumping outside of class-time, to save more our limited class time for high-value, face-to-face discussions.

So what's going on?

In
addition to these 15 minutes of video, notice that for today I've also
posted a 30-minute audio lecture. I might have delivered both during
class, but instead I'm assigning them for you to listen to and watch
outside of class. My intention is to put move as much as possible of the
one-way "info dump" out of the classroom, so that during our limited
class time, we spend more time doing face-to-face work.

You're
welcome to play these files while folding your laundry or during your
commute. The idea is that when you come to class on Wednesday, you'll be
ready to talk (and write) about this material. (Hint... there's a
four-letter word that starts with Q.)